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[Illustration: AN EFFECT OF SHYNESS.
_Proud Mamma._ "WHICH DO YOU THINK EFFY'S MOST LIKE, MR.
JINKS?--HER FATHER, OR ME?"
_Mr. Jinks._ "OH--A--I SHOULD SAY SHE'S A PLAIN LIKENESS
OF HER FATHER----I MEAN--A--HANDSOME LIKENESS OF HER
MOTHER--A--I MEAN--A--A----" [_Stammers hopelessly,
upsets his Tea, and wishes himself unborn._]
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